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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Costa Rica’s analytical and investigative police capacity has been strengthened after INTERPOL fitted the country’s Drug Control Police(Policía de Control de Drogas)and the Judicial Investigation Department(Organismo de Investigación Judicial)with new analytical and digital forensics software and hardware.Funded by the Canadian Gove...

LYON, France – The INTERPOL illicit Arms Records and Tracing Management System (iARMS)&nbsp; has recorded its first ‘hit’, matching a firearm seized by police in Panama to one stolen in Costa Rica 18 months earlier.Launched at the start of 2013, iARMS which currently contains more than 288,000 records provided by nearly 100 countries, provides a centraliz...

LYON, France – An alert for a method of shark finning aimed at avoiding detection of illegal practices has been circulated to all 190 INTERPOL member countries after a case was identified by Costa Rican authorities.An INTERPOL Purple Notice has been circulated for a modus operandi of the technique where only a band of skin to keep the fin attached to the...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – In operations targeting the distribution of child sexual abuse materials primarily in Latin America, law enforcement authorities have arrested or placed under investigation 100 individuals and seized thousands of computers and other equipment containing images or videos of abuse.Coordinated by INTERPOL via its Regional Bureau in...

LYON, France – Nearly USD 40 million worth of timber has been seized in follow up investigations as part of INTERPOL’s Operation Lead targeting illegal logging, forest crimes and the criminal networks behind them.Building upon the initial outcomes of the operation, Costa Rica and Venezuela in particular have increased their efforts in the fight against il...

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica – Some 20 law enforcement officials from Central America, the Caribbean and neighbouring countries have gathered in Costa Rica for a criminal intelligence training session focused on combating drug trafficking and transnational organized crime in the region.The two-week course (8 – 19 July), organized by INTERPOL with the support of t...

GUATEMALA – Specialists from Central America and Mexico have taken part in an INTERPOL meeting aimed at promoting the use of DNA, Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) and fingerprint services to encourage greater information exchange and co-ordination at the regional and international level.The five-day meeting (7-11 February)&nbsp;in Guatemala City broug...

Police in Central America have identified hundreds of cars as potentially stolen after conducting universal checks of their national car registration databases against INTERPOL’s database of stolen motor vehicles.&nbsp;More than 4 million searches have been performed during the first phase of Operation ‘Huracan’. The hits underscore the global nature of v...